At last there’s something resembling good news about the healthcare crisis in North County. Berkshire Medical Center has announced it will open its satellite emergency facility at the former North Adams Regional Hospital on Monday. Our nerves will be somewhat eased knowing that it won’t be a 45 minute drive to the nearest urgent care […]
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Williams College is coming under scrutiny for the way it handles sexual assault allegations, after a former student came forward with her story about how her alleged rapist was let off with a three semester suspension and may return to campus in the fall. The story is another front in the very upsetting topic that […]
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After what’s felt like a long period of relative stasis, Williamstown goes to the polls in town elections tomorrow with a choice of four new candidates for two open seats on the board of selectmen. There are lengthy interviews with each of the candidates (Jack Nogueira, Andrew Hogeland, Gary Fuls, and Hugh Daley) at iBerkshires.com. […]
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It’s a relief that Hancock town meeting voters so emphatically rejected the hare-brained idea of directing all the town’s junior and high school students to school in New Lebanon. After several impassioned pleas from the floor to preserve the current choices available to Hancock families, a show of hands found that only a handful of […]
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Hate to do it with so many things going on around the Berkshires right now — at the moment I’m intrigued by this development — but I’ve had a few weeks of more work than usual, and now I’m down south visiting the parents for a bit. I look forward to catching up in a week.
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Buried beneath the headlines that the forward-looking and ridiculously named “DFM Thunderdome” news operation is abruptly closing is the news that the parent company of the Berkshire Eagle may soon be up for sale once again. News broke this morning that the hedge fund that owns Digital First Media has gotten bored with the slow, […]
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Photographer Barry Goldstein has posted some heartbreaking images of the last few hours of North Adams Regional Hospital. This morning — after three days notice — city residents demonstrated against the closure, while inside staff packed up supplies and said good-bye. Barry writes, “I’ve worked in Iraq, Afghanistan, New York during 9/11 and New Orleans […]
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